#250042

Color #250042

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 18.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#250042

RGB

rgb(37, 0, 66)

HSL

hsl(273.6, 100%, 12.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.6, 100%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.9%, 100%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(7.11, 32.34, -32.79)

LCH

lch(7.11, 46.05, 314.6)

OKLCH

oklch(21.4%, 0.1124, 303.31)

HWB

hwb(273.6, 0%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1d4200

Analogous

#040042

#250042

#42003e

Triadic

#250042

#422500

#004225

Split-complementary

#250042

#3e4200

#004204

Tetradic

#250042

#42001d

#1d4200

#004225

Square

#250042

#420400

#1d4200

#003e42

Shades

Color #250042 mixed toward black.

#1f0037

#19002c

#120021

#0c0016

#06000b

Tints

Color #250042 mixed toward white.

#4e008c

#7800d6

#9d21ff

#be6bff

#deb5ff

Tones

Color #250042 mixed toward gray.

#24053c

#240b37

#231031

#22162c

#221b26

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.16:1

White text reads better on this background (18.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1a1a39 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#1c1e37 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#24312f · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#161616 · ΔE 23.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #250042;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#250042]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#250042 (#250042) is rgb(37, 0, 66) in RGB.

No, #250042 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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